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Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS

Posted by kdawson on from the that-would-be-an-oopsie dept.

Preedit writes "Mac cloner Psystar is claiming in new court papers that Apple's copyright suit against it should be dismissed, because Apple has never filed for copyright protection on Mac OS X 10.5 with the US Copyright Office. Infoweek is reporting that the claim, if it holds up, could open the door for third-parties to enter the Mac market without fear of legal action from Apple. In its latest set of allegations, Psystar is also accusing Apple of bricking Macs that don't run on genuine Apple hardware." We've been following the Psystar-Apple imbroglio since the beginning.

3 of 648 comments (clear)

  1. Snowball, hell by G0rAk · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That argument has surely got no chance of flying. The OSX splash screen says that Apple own the copyrights on the software as does the pretty box the disks come in and all you need to assert copyright ownership is a mark on the product that says so.

    That restricting OSX to apple approved hardware is anti-competitive might have a chance but even with a little hat that first snowball ain't gonna last long.

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  2. Re:Berne convention? by gruntled · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Copyright protection is automatic, from the moment the work is created in a fixed form.

    HOWEVER

    In the United States, if you want to sue for infringement of work, you must have registered the work.

    It's true that if Apple didn't register a copyright, they can't sue for damages in the US.

  3. Oxymoron. by jcr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Macs that don't run on genuine Apple hardware.

    If it's not Apple hardware, it's not a Mac.

    -jcr

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